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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 5:52pm On May 21, 2018 |
ActivateKruger: Why should SF accompany him to Uganda? Here's how it works: 1) minimal risk - normal Presidential Protection Unit team; 2) medium risk - PPU team + PPU Counter-Assault Team; 3) high risk - PPU team + PPU CAT + SF. By any measure Uganda is minimal risk. 2 Likes |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 6:35pm On May 21, 2018 |
Patchesagain: jln115: To clear up the confusion with examples: 1) Infantry Generalised fitness tests are standardised and yes sometimes, females perform better. However, stripped down to particular physical tests, men perform better on average. Instructors then embark on a complicated formula which nullifies female disadvantage. Females here will be deployed on ops, but mainly as support or on public support roles in pacified zones -as in the DRC pics above. Not frontline combat. 2)Parabat Selection Physical tests have been calibrated for each sex. Female performance in their gender-specific test is the same as males perform in theirs. Some females opt for the "normal" tests though, and when they don't make it, their scores are adjudged as if they'd taken the female-specific test. [Unofficially, it's these women who try for the "normal" tests - within 1 Para specifically - who stand a chance at frontline deployment in support roles, as in Bangui]. 3) Police STF One standard and only 3 women have ever made it. 1 was KIA, 1 was poached by the PPU CAT and the last went to a PMC in Iraq/Afghan. More honest to say these 3 are an exception to the rule. 4) SASFB One standard and not a single woman has made it past pre-Selection. 4 Likes |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by newafricaken254: 6:40pm On May 21, 2018 |
Patchesagain:after 9/11 America CDC took samples of smallpox,Ebola e.t.c from kenya research labs |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 6:41pm On May 21, 2018 |
gees9:No longer Major, and now an instructor with a few DRC deplyment behind her. |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by ActivateKruger: 7:13pm On May 21, 2018 |
frumentius: Thanks for clearing that out. Anyways he didn't go, the Ugandans wanted 5 goats instead ![]()
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Covert1: 7:43pm On May 21, 2018 |
Henry240: About the best combat footage of course seen through the new NAF Mi-35M onboard camera. The NAF is advancing 21st century capabilities. 1 Like |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Covert1: 7:47pm On May 21, 2018 |
Nigeria's four star General and chief of the defence staff Gen. Gabriel Olonishakin meets with the US President Donald John Trump. 1 Like
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by gees9: 8:38pm On May 21, 2018 |
gees9: Awesome! Was worried she was lost to the private sector. |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Geronimoe: 9:23am On May 22, 2018 |
Please how do you guys keep this pages updated on your Web browser? I logon and it starts from page one. |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Xbee007(m): 9:50am On May 22, 2018 |
Geronimoe:Follow the page and always click on the "New" button every time for new update.
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Geronimoe: 12:07pm On May 22, 2018 |
Xbee007:Oh! OK. Thanks. 1 Like |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Patchesagain: 1:26pm On May 22, 2018 |
Second South African appointed to run the UN FIB http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51775:force-intervention-brigade-gets-its-second-south-african-commander&catid=111:sa-defence&Itemid=242 |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by kikuyu1(m): 2:00pm On May 22, 2018 |
Idk if anyone 's noticed but there's been a huge qualitative shift continentally. For example here we used to use mortar illum rounds solely til the early 80s when first gen NVGs were issued only to Platoon leaders and noncoms. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpmBrDbZxNQ Now every operational KDF guy in theatre has his own set of NVGs as last pic shows. The UPDF were a ragged militia til quite recently when they were the NRA,a true militia force terrorising the region,fyi,M7 once tried to start ishyt here but that's another story. This was them when they captured Kampala 30 yrs ago with shower shoes and gun boots they used til quite recently. Compare with now. Proper BPJ and webbing are standard though they have a long way to go. See old vids of African armies. None wore flak vests til the early 00s! Now they're Standard equipment even in Puntland! 1 Like
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by kenpaul0: 2:37pm On May 22, 2018 |
Guys be vexing!!!! Video refused to upload...Here's the link of the vexing men....https://www.facebook.com/breeknuusza/videos/400120123805059/ |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Xbee007(m): 3:36pm On May 22, 2018 |
kenpaul0:That was a training exercise bro. |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 5:56pm On May 22, 2018 |
Patchesagain: DefWeb got it wrong. Brig Gen Dube is first Saffer to run FIB. Gen Mgwebi ran MONUSCO, which is the entire military apparatus of the UN mission here. Not to take anything away from Brig Gen Dube: as Col., he was commander of RSABATT and 2IC in the first FIB in 2013. I fear though his focus on operational experience may limit his career prospects in our peacetime military. Of course, operational command should normally be the yardstick for advancement, but so far "greasy pole" warriors have prevailed. I offer now-retired Gen Mgwebi as proof. |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 6:02pm On May 22, 2018 |
kikuyu1: Mortar illum rounds and NVGs aren't mutually exclusive. Will discuss tomorrow if you wish. Must run: on deployment I have limited daily allocation of bandwidth for personal purposes. 4 Likes |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by newafricaken254: 5:36am On May 23, 2018 |
off topic :Quads and ATV's with big guns 3 Likes
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by newafricaken254: 5:50am On May 23, 2018 |
Moroccan Air Force would like to buy an additional twelve newly-built single seater F-16V vipers from Lockheed Martin
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by newafricaken254: 6:00am On May 23, 2018 |
Three reported dead following the IS in libya SVBIED attack against Gate 60, south of Ajdabiya and a militiaman abducted amidst the assault against checkpoint in Awjila,libya
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by newafricaken254: 6:07am On May 23, 2018 |
photos of material seized amidst an operation in a house where the shootout took place near Ouagadougou,BurkinaFaso
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by kikuyu1(m): 9:07am On May 23, 2018 |
frumentius: Let me pull up a chair! Lay t it all out,I'm waiting.
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by ViceAdmirlAgain: 10:22am On May 23, 2018 |
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by foxtrot101(m): 11:13am On May 23, 2018 |
kenpaul0:I dont want to believe things are that bleak in SA judging from the content of that page. |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by 61mech: 12:13pm On May 23, 2018 |
Most NVG's in use amplify light. Those are the "green screen" ones in your pic. They are not thermal NVG's and require some light. The more the better. Thermals (FLIR) doesn't need light, just heat, but its very expensive and not commonly issued to regulars. You'll mostly find them in vehicles or aircraft. The old amplifying NVG's actually needed an infrared searchlight to work and was called Active night vision. Our Ratels actually had infrared driving light cover lenses for night driving. That's why the early NVG's were commonly referred to as "Drivers goggles" in the SADF. The new gen. NVG's uses ambient light and is called Passive night vision, because you don't give away your position to an opponent using the same NVG's with your IR lights. You can actually damage a non thermal NVG if you turn it on in the day without a lense cover. The cover has a tiny pin hole in it to limit daylight coming in and burning the sensor. They were very expensive and walking around with them on your head during the day would get you a nice PT session. Contrary to what the movies tell you, it doesn't turn on 2 red light on your eyes when you turn it on ,because that would be f-ing stupid. It does make that cool whining sound when you switch it on though. On a cloudy night the range goes down significantly on passive NV. To get around this you supplement the ambient light by dropping Illumn rounds on the enemy position. It also "floods" their NVG's with light. Kind of like having the sun in your eyes. The 60mm patmor were very useful for this a sit operated at the platoon level, so it was always available to the sections. Another problem is that you have no depth perception with those things, so when you walk around at first you tend to fall over a lot stepping into holes. Kind of like when you walk over a step you didn't see. We also used Illumn trip flares in ambushes for the same effect. They can be more deadly than a Claymore as they light up the kill zone at night. We had a OP on a hilltop one night and the local farmer drove up to our position. He wanted to bribe us to watch his farmhouse with our long range night vision scopes ,because he was suspecting his neighbor of "visiting" his wife at night while he was out! frumentius: 6 Likes |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by ViceAdmirlAgain: 2:20pm On May 23, 2018 |
Some sad news
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by ViceAdmirlAgain: 2:23pm On May 23, 2018 |
And then some good news from Sat-Com Namibia in turbulent times
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 5:09am On May 24, 2018 |
Nigerian Air Force 5 Likes
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 1:49pm On May 24, 2018 |
Nigerian Police Officers pulling security in Somalia 2 Likes
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 6:02pm On May 24, 2018 |
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by nyaber334: 7:20pm On May 24, 2018 |
KDF , 1&2 army , 3&4 navy ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 2 Likes |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Cannonleo(m): 8:40pm On May 24, 2018 |
61mech:beautiful info, clears out the misconception about nvgs meanwhile, the last part got me reeling with laughter 1 Like |
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